A 65-year-old woman was shot in her apartment on Sieber Street in East Salinas Saturday morning during a drive-by shooting.Police said the woman was not the intended target. She was shot twice in her arm and hip.Witnesses said they saw a blue van drive by, and a passenger in the van started shooting at a man who was standing outside near the victim’s apartment.A few hours later, a police officer searched the area and noticed a parked blue van that matched the witnesses' descriptions. The van was parked by Acosta Plaza near Garner Avenue. A mother talked to the officer and said her son had been driving it earlier that day, Cmdr. Stan Cooper said. "A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a handgun, similar to the type used this morning. The officer was able to make contact with the son, Alejandro Meneses, and develop enough probable cause to link him to the shooting. Through the course of the investigation it was determined that the female was not the intended target. but instead a group of males who were walking in the immediate area," Cooper said. Meneses, 22, was booked into the Monterey County Jail on attempted murder and gang charges.

SALINAS, Calif. —

A 65-year-old woman was shot in her apartment on Sieber Street in East Salinas Saturday morning during a drive-by shooting.

Police said the woman was not the intended target. She was shot twice in her arm and hip.

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Witnesses said they saw a blue van drive by, and a passenger in the van started shooting at a man who was standing outside near the victim’s apartment.

A few hours later, a police officer searched the area and noticed a parked blue van that matched the witnesses' descriptions. The van was parked by Acosta Plaza near Garner Avenue.

A mother talked to the officer and said her son had been driving it earlier that day, Cmdr. Stan Cooper said.

"A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a handgun, similar to the type used this morning. The officer was able to make contact with the son, Alejandro Meneses, and develop enough probable cause to link him to the shooting. Through the course of the investigation it was determined that the female was not the intended target. but instead a group of males who were walking in the immediate area," Cooper said.

Meneses, 22, was booked into the Monterey County Jail on attempted murder and gang charges.